Robert Downey Sr.
Robert John Downey Sr. (
Elias Jr.; June 24, 1936 – July 7, 2021) was an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He was known for writing and directing his underground film ''
Putney Swope'' (1969), a satire on the New York
Madison Avenue advertising world. According to film scholar
Wheeler Winston Dixon, Downey's films during the 1960s were "strictly take-no-prisoners affairs, with minimal budgets and outrageous satire, effectively pushing forward the
countercultural agenda of the day." He was the father of American actor
Robert Downey Jr.
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